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Sociology- chapter11

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Family a group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who often live together and share economic resources
Nuclear family consists of one or both parents and thier children
Family of Orientation is the nuclear family into which the person is born or adopted
Family of Procreation consisting of the individual, his or her spouse, and their children
Extended Family Consists of two or more generations
Kinship a network of people who are related by marriage, birth, or adoption
marriage used to refer not to the married couple but to the set of norms that establishes and characterizes the relationship between married individuals
Monogamy the marriage of one man to one woman
Polygamy Marriage with multiple partners
Polygyny a man is permitted to marry more than one woman at a time
Polyandry a woman is permitted to marry more than one man at a time
patrilocality A newly married couple is expected to live with or near the husband's parents
Matrilocality A newly married couple is expected to live with or near the wife's parents
Bilocality the newly married couple chooses whether they live near the husband's family or the wife's
Neolocality the newly married couple is free to set up a residence apart from both sets of parents
patrilineal descent kinship traced through father's family
Matrilineal descent the tracking of kinship through the mother's family
Bilateral descent kiship is traced through both parents and property can be inherited from either side of the family
patriarchy father holds most of the authority
matriarchy mother holds most of the authority
egalitarian the mother and the father share authority
incest taboo A norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives
Homogamy marriage in which individuals marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own
Heterogamy marriage between individuals who have different social characteristics
dual-earner families families in which bothh husband and wife have jobs
Sandwich generation the generation tha tis caught between the needs of their children and those of thier parents
voluntary childlessness the conscious choice to remain childless
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